Lawrence Reade (cricketer, born 1930)

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1930–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Laurie Reade

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Lawrence Burnard Reade

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|21|1930|10|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Richmond, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Central Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1958/59–1962/63}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 24

| runs1 = 1,106

| bat avg1 = 25.72

| 100s/50s1 = 1/2

| top score1 = 163

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| date = 23 December

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38287.html Cricinfo

}}

Lawrence Burnard Reade (21 October 1930 – 21 August 2019) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 24 first-class matches for Central Districts between 1959 and 1963{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38287.html |title=Lawrence Reade |access-date=22 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} and Hawke Cup cricket for Nelson from 1949 to 1973.

Lawrie Reade was educated at Nelson College from 1945 to 1946.{{cite book | chapter=Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 | title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 | year=2006 | edition=6th | type=CD-ROM}} An opening batsman, he had his most successful first-class season in 1960–61, when he scored 417 runs at an average of 37.90, and made his highest score, 163 against Northern Districts.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22721/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class batting in each season by Lawrie Reade |access-date=23 December 2017 |work= CricketArchive}}{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/24/24606.html|title= Central Districts v Northern Districts 1960-61|access-date=23 December 2017 |work= CricketArchive}}

He was a stalwart for Nelson in the Hawke Cup, forming an opening partnership with his Central Districts partner Graeme Lowans during Nelson's hold on the title between 1958 and 1965, and scoring more than 2,000 runs.{{cite news| work=stuff.co.nz | first=Wayne |last=Martin |access-date=23 December 2017| title=Nelson prominent in Hawke Cup top echelon|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/opinion/columnists/from-left-field/4561313/Nelson-prominent-in-Hawke-Cup-top-echelon|date=20 January 2011}}

Reade died at Richmond on 21 August 2019.{{cite web |url=https://deaths.nelsonmail.co.nz/obituaries/nelson-mail-nz/obituary.aspx?n=lawrence-reade&pid=193708777 |title=Death notice |work=Nelson Mail |access-date=25 August 2019}}